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diff --git a/contrib/sendmail/mail.local/mail.local.8 b/contrib/sendmail/mail.local/mail.local.8 index 05f11ed..40f4641 100644 --- a/contrib/sendmail/mail.local/mail.local.8 +++ b/contrib/sendmail/mail.local/mail.local.8 @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ -.\" Copyright (c) 1998 Sendmail, Inc. All rights reserved. +.\" Copyright (c) 1998, 1999 Sendmail, Inc. and its suppliers. +.\" All rights reserved. .\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993 .\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. .\" @@ -7,34 +8,46 @@ .\" the sendmail distribution. .\" .\" -.\" @(#)mail.local.8 8.7 (Berkeley) 5/19/1998 +.\" $Id: mail.local.8,v 8.14 1999/08/26 15:49:20 ca Exp $ .\" -.Dd May 19, 1998 -.Dt MAIL.LOCAL 8 -.Os -.Sh NAME -.Nm mail.local -.Nd store mail in a mailbox -.Sh SYNOPSIS -.Nm mail.local -.Op Fl f Ar from -.Ar user ... -.Sh DESCRIPTION -.Nm Mail.local +.TH MAIL.LOCAL 8 "$Date: 1999/08/26 15:49:20 $" +.SH NAME +.B mail.local +\- store mail in a mailbox +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B mail.local +.RB [ \-7 "] [" \-d "] [" \-l "] [" \-f +.IR from "] " "user ..." +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B Mail.local reads the standard input up to an end-of-file and appends it to each -.Ar user's -.Pa mail -file. -The -.Ar user +.I user's +.B mail +file. The +.I user must be a valid user name. -.Pp +.PP The options are as follows: -.Bl -tag -width xxxfrom -.It Fl f Ar from +.TP 1i +.B \-7 +Do not advertise 8BITMIME support in LMTP mode. +.TP +.B \-b +Return a permanent error instead of a temporary error +if a mailbox exceeds quota. +.TP +.B \-d +Specify this is a delivery (for backward compatibility). +.TP +.BI \-f " from" Specify the sender's name. -.El -.Pp +.TP +.B \-l +Turn on LMTP mode. +.TP +.BI \-r " from" +Specify the sender's name (for backward compatibility). +.PP Individual mail messages in the mailbox are delimited by an empty line followed by a line beginning with the string ``From ''. A line containing the string ``From '', the sender's name and a time stamp @@ -45,48 +58,49 @@ which could be mistaken for a ``From '' delimiter line (that is, a line beginning with the five characters ``From '' following a blank line). -.Pp +.PP The mail files are exclusively locked with -.Xr flock 2 -while mail is appended, +flock(2) +while mail is appended, and a -.Pa user.lock -file also is created while the mailbox is locked +.B user.lock +file also is created while the mailbox is locked for compatibility with older MUAs. -.Pp -If the ``biff'' service is returned by -.Xr getservbyname 3 , +.PP +If the ``biff'' service is returned by +getservbyname(3), the biff server is notified of delivered mail. -.Pp +.PP The -.Nm mail.local +.B mail.local utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs. -.Sh ENVIRONMENT -.Bl -tag -width indent -.It Ev TZ +.SH ENVIRONMENT +.IP TZ Used to set the appropriate time zone on the timestamp. -.El -.Sh FILES -.Bl -tag -width /tmp/local.XXXXXX -compact -.It Pa /tmp/local.XXXXXX +.SH FILES +.PD 0.2v +.TP 2.2i +/tmp/local.XXXXXX temporary files -.It Pa /var/mail/user +.TP +/var/mail/user user's mailbox directory -.It Pa /var/mail/user.lock +.TP +/var/mail/user.lock lock file for a user's mailbox -.El -.Sh SEE ALSO -.Xr mail 1 , -.Xr xsend 1 , -.Xr flock 2 , -.Xr getservbyname 3 , -.Xr comsat 8 , -.Xr sendmail 8 -.Sh HISTORY +.PD +.SH SEE ALSO +mail(1), +xsend(1), +flock(2), +getservbyname(3), +comsat(8), +sendmail(8) +.SH HISTORY A superset of -.Nm mail.local +.B mail.local (handling mailbox reading as well as mail delivery) -appeared in -.At v7 . +appeared in +Version 7 AT&T UNIX as the program -.Nm mail . +.BR mail . |
